A Cincinnati woman accused of helping her daughter beat up another girl at Withrow High School has filed a lawsuit in connection with the case.

The 31-year-old woman was indicted in February on misdemeanor charges of assault and aggravated trespassing.

Police said she and an adult friend went to the school and held down a teenage girl at the school and told her 14-year-old daughter to hit the girl with a combination lock. Investigators said the victim was punched and kicked, suffering cuts and bruises.

She had previously gone on radio and television after the incident to defend herself, but a juvenile court judge ordered that her name be removed from subsequent media reports because her daughter was also charged in the case as a juvenile. Juvenile defendants are not typically named by the media, and the judge was concerned that the daughter could be identified if her mother's name was also released.

The lawsuit names as plaintiffs the city, the school district, the investigating police officer, the teenage girl involved in the dispute and the daughter's attorneys, in addition to 10 parties identified as John or Jane Doe.

The suit, filed Tuesday by attorney Eric Deters, claims the alleged victim had bullied the daughter and others at the school and that school officials were aware of her behavior and did not stop it.

Deters also said both women lost their jobs as a result of the incident.

The suit claims the woman and her friend went with the daughter in an attempt to withdraw her from Withrow due to bullying. The suit claims the women used a buzzer to gain entrance to the building and waited outside for 10 to 12 minutes before a student came by and opened the door to let them in.

The suit claims the mother was in hurry to get to work, so she decided to get the daughter's belongings before stopping by the school office, as is required for visitors upon entry.

According to the suit, the women met with a security guard who was acquainted with them, and he said he was aware of bullying problems at the school and let them continue on their way.

"They didn't sneak in. They didn't break in. They violated no policy they knew about," the suit claims. "No one stopped them and told them to leave. There is no evidence of them trespassing."

After arriving in the daughter's classroom, a substitute teacher radioed for security, and the suit claims the alleged victim made herself known to the woman and then began hitting her after the woman said she wished to talk to the girl's mother.

The suit claims the woman never attempted to fight back or protect herself.

Some students helped break up the altercation, police were called to investigate.

The suit claims Deters requested security video that might show what happened inside the school, but the suit claims that all video had been destroyed since it was viewed on several work stations at the school shortly after the incident.

Deters had planned to represent the girl and her mother for free, but the state assigned a public defender for the girl after citing a conflict of interest if he represented both. Attorney Jay Clark is now representing the girl.

The suit claims Clark made negative comments about his client outside the courtroom during her first court appearance in February.

Deters said that Clark wants his client to plead guilty to all charges and essentially take the blame for the incident, which the suit claims she doesn't want to do.

The suit charges destruction of evidence, battery and assault claims against the alleged victim, libel and slander against school officials, the investigating officer, the city, the alleged victim and the John and Jane Does. The suit also charges all plaintiffs with conspiracy and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice against Clark and the assigned public defender, Kasey Eaves.

The suit seeks a jury trial with actual and punitive damages, in addition to court costs and attorney fees.